Williams v. Chase

Citations

• 85 Kan. 301
• 116 P. 617
• 1911 Kan. LEXIS 62

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Warranty Deed — Breach of Warranty — Measure of Damages— Evidence. Plaintiff conveyed city property to defendants in exchange for a warranty deed to land and a cash payment. The title to the land failed. The plaintiff sued for $1600, claiming that the land had been taken at that agreed price. The defendants asserted that no price had been agreed upon, and the jury in effect found in their favor on that isssue, but returned a verdict against them. Held, that as throwing some light upon the reasonableness of the plaintiff’s contention that he had taken the land at an agreed price it was competent for him to give evidence of the value of the city property he had exchanged for it, and that the evidence is not shown to have been prejudicial to the defendants upon the issue as to the value of the land.</p>